Beaded Belt

Unidentified maker (Africa)

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Beads

Overall: 28 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (73 × 15.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

158.29.14266

Geography

Place Made: Africa

Object Name

Clothing: Accessory

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

George Blakeslee, Indian Cliff, Western Curio Shop, Manchester, New Hampshire; sold to Dr. Gordon M. Day (1911-1993, Research Associate in Dartmouth's Anthropology Department, 1957-1966) for the Dartmouth College Museum, Summer 1958.

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